[Illustration: IN THE GRIP OF THE BASTILLE.] The Dungeons of Old Paris Being the Story and Romance of the most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution By Tighe Hopkins Author of "Lady Bonnie's Experiment," "Nell Haffenden," "The Nugents of Carriconna," "The Incomplete Adventurer," "Kilmainham Memories," etc. ------- Illustrated ------- G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1897 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Entered at Stationers' Hall, London By WARD & DOWNEY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. --------- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION II. THE CONCIERGERIE III. THE DUNGEON OF VINCENNES IV. THE GREAT AND LITTLE CHÂTELET AND THE FORT-L'ÉVÊQUE V. THE TEMPLE VI. BICÊTRE VII. SAINTE-PÉLAGIE VIII. THE ABBAYE IX. THE LUXEMBOURG IN '93 X. THE BASTILLE XI. THE PRISONS OF ASPASIA XII. LA ROQUETTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS. IN THE GRIP OF THE BASTILLE MADAME DUBARRY CELL OF MARIE ANTOINETTE IN THE CONCIERGERIE THE KEEP OR DUNGEON OF VINCENNES MIRABEAU ON THE TERRACE OF VINCENNES THE GREAT CHÂTELET THE TEMPLE PRISON A TURNKEY A STREET SCENE DURING THE MASSACRES THE GALLANT SWISS THE BASTILLE PLAN OF THE BASTILLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] THE DUNGEONS OF OLD PARIS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.